A term used to describe superiors, especially in a military context. Named as such because of the brass pins worn on military officers as decorations and/or medals in the past. Famously used by JFK during the Cuban Missle Crisis.

See also "the brass", a term also used to describe superiors.
These brass hats have one great advantage in their favor. If we listen to them, and do what they want us to do, none of us will be alive later to tell them that they were wrong. - John F. Kennedy
by D-MoneyUSA123 January 20, 2022
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